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Rosebud, v. 1, issue 4, April 1945
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"Brother, that's the sixty-four dollar question." "What's your name, sis?" "Miss Haha to you, bub." "Oh? And what's the first handle?" "Minnie -- and what are you going to do about it?" "Have you got a better half?" "No cracks, bub. We mermaids can hold our own in any situation." "I mean, have you got a husband?" "What! Me with a ball and chain -- oh, I get it. Shall we neck?" *** Tarkle was content. Minnie, the Indian mermaid, was a wonderful wife. He was proud of his little brood, six of the cutest little tadpoles you ever saw. Minnie could cook seaweed with a savoir faire that made it taste like ambrosia. What with all this and a snug little wigwam, could a man ask more? But as the years went on, Tarkle grew more and more restless. He missed the bright lights of the city and an occasional nip or two. Finally he could stand it no more. In the dea of seavening he arose, lovingly stroked his wife's and rose to the surface. ((Error' we omitted the word 'scales' after wife)) He was picked up by a passing ship. Ah -- but fate was unkind. The ship ran into a cyclone. It collapsed with one fell swoop and all the passengers were imprisoned in the hold, which was rapidly filling with water. "Woe is me," thought Tarkle, "why did I ever leave my Minnie?" The passengers were drowning one by one and so was the ship. As for our hero, he made his escape just as the ship went down for the 3rd time. He returned to the bottom, and Minnie. ---------------------------------- (The assistant editor feels quite sure the editor accepted the above "story" only because of his personal friendship between the author and the editor. Readers will undoubtedly concur.) ----------------------------------- (editorial, concluded) We trust you will see the error of their ways? Simply address your letter or fanzine to MBW, in care of BT, so that BT will not open it by mistake. BT does nothing more than keep a record of who writes and/or exchanges. -- The Editors -16-
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"Brother, that's the sixty-four dollar question." "What's your name, sis?" "Miss Haha to you, bub." "Oh? And what's the first handle?" "Minnie -- and what are you going to do about it?" "Have you got a better half?" "No cracks, bub. We mermaids can hold our own in any situation." "I mean, have you got a husband?" "What! Me with a ball and chain -- oh, I get it. Shall we neck?" *** Tarkle was content. Minnie, the Indian mermaid, was a wonderful wife. He was proud of his little brood, six of the cutest little tadpoles you ever saw. Minnie could cook seaweed with a savoir faire that made it taste like ambrosia. What with all this and a snug little wigwam, could a man ask more? But as the years went on, Tarkle grew more and more restless. He missed the bright lights of the city and an occasional nip or two. Finally he could stand it no more. In the dea of seavening he arose, lovingly stroked his wife's and rose to the surface. ((Error' we omitted the word 'scales' after wife)) He was picked up by a passing ship. Ah -- but fate was unkind. The ship ran into a cyclone. It collapsed with one fell swoop and all the passengers were imprisoned in the hold, which was rapidly filling with water. "Woe is me," thought Tarkle, "why did I ever leave my Minnie?" The passengers were drowning one by one and so was the ship. As for our hero, he made his escape just as the ship went down for the 3rd time. He returned to the bottom, and Minnie. ---------------------------------- (The assistant editor feels quite sure the editor accepted the above "story" only because of his personal friendship between the author and the editor. Readers will undoubtedly concur.) ----------------------------------- (editorial, concluded) We trust you will see the error of their ways? Simply address your letter or fanzine to MBW, in care of BT, so that BT will not open it by mistake. BT does nothing more than keep a record of who writes and/or exchanges. -- The Editors -16-
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